Fred Parris, creator of a doo-wop classic, dies at 85
Fred Parris, who was a lovestruck 19-year-old missing his fiancee while serving in the Army when he wrote one of pop musics most enduring songs,
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Fred Parris, who was a lovestruck 19-year-old missing his fiancee while serving in the Army when he wrote one of pop musics most enduring songs,
His “In the Still of the Night” (originally “Nite”), recorded with his group the Five Satins, came to define a sort of dreamy 1950s nostalgia.
Parris died after a brief illness, according to a Facebook post on his account.
Fred Parris, frontman for "In the Still of the Night" doo-wop group The Five Satins, died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 85.